Quote:Northcutt was a tremendous possession receiver. Go look at his stats. He could make any catch, and he was great at knowing where the first down marker was. His problem was that he could never get any YAC and would typically fall down as soon as he caught it. But with the Jaguars and with his prior teams, nobody ever questioned Northcutt's hands.

 

Year / Drops / Targets / Drop %

2000 / 9 / 81 / 11%

2006 / 5 / 45 / 11%

2008 / 5 / 68 / 7.4%

2009 / 5 / 63 / 7.9%

 

 

For comparison:

Allen Hurns

2014 / 6 / 97 / 6.2%

2015 / 1 / 81 / 1.2%

 

Allen Robinson

2014 / 1 / 81 / 1.2%

2015 / 3 / 124 / 2.4%

 

Brian Walters

2015 / 1 / 45 / 2.2%

 

 

Over the course of his career, Dennis Northcutt was not nearly as sure handed as you are remembering. His 2007 year with us was good (1 drop, 73 targets) but his 2008 year had a 7.4% drop rate which is not low.

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